If the superstitious among you are worried that today's date (Friday the 13th) could bring you a lifetime of bad luck then don't.

Dutch statisticians have established that the date is actually safer than an average Friday with fewer accidents and other unfortunate incidents happening.

The number of crashes on the roads is also less and statistician Alex Hoen from The Dutch Centre for Insurance Statistics said: "I find it hard to believe that it is because people are preventatively more careful or just stay home, but statistically speaking, driving is a little bit safer on Friday 13th."